The key to dealing with people like that is to relax and have fun with
it. One thing I've found that's pretty effective is to wait until the
person gets fairly angry (about medium, I'd say) and then start the
children's game of imitating everything he says. This hardly ever fails
to get them really red faced. Also answering all of their questions
with "No thank you, I'm a heterosexual" raises blood pressure to amazing
levels on guys like this. If you just stay calm and use your head you
can have all kinds of fun with these anger-management failures.
Especially in public. Of course, I understand that being in pain didn't
do much good for your own state of mind, but good entertainment is where
you find it. :-)
Bruce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Willie Wonka
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 6:25 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] [Semy OT] Sick of Assholes
>
>
> So I hate fishing...but my son apparently likes it.
> I went and spent big bucks this week and today I took him
> here:
> http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/alienspecimen/detail?.dir=2958&;.
> dnm=6139.jpg&.src=ph
> An hour and a half later I change spots and while going
> through a really steep and slippery part of my track, I slide
> a little. In order to maintain cool composure...:), I lean
> slightly against one of the rocks and slice my thumb. It has
> 1/3in/1cm deep gash now. Rough estimate of blood loss: about
> 16oz~500ml. Luckily I had a first aid kit in the photomobile.
> In a mean time some dumb ass with a big honkin' camera and
> ever bigger lens in front comes and starts taking pictures of
> the place. Then he decides that me and my son getting ready
> to leave "make the shot". I know I was an ass telling him
> no...when he did not bother to ask me before shoving his shit
> in my face, but I was in pain and last thing I wanted was to
> pose for some dumb ass. In addition I knew that his
> photographic skills were not up to par and the picture was
> pretty crappy. Yes I was an ass, but... Too angy, went to
> the photomobile and put the fishing gear inside (next to the
> OM1 and the A200...:) ignoring him, but then he came too
> close giving me the looks, I politely asked him to delete the
> pictures. He of course arrogantly told me that I am in a
> public place and am a fair target. I did tell him that I
> take pictures and also participate in photography lists and
> what followed was a series of assumptions and threats which
> included that I am an illegal alien and a terrorist which I
> laughingly confirmed. Then I was told that my picture would
> be mached against immigration records...etc which just was
> the last drop... BTW, the American Government has granted me
> the right to have top secret clearance and no matter how much
> I disagree with the nazis in the White House, I still
> maintain my professional integrity, so assuming that everyone
> with an accent is a terorrist doesn't fly. I can handle a
> lot, but not this...you should have seen the foam coming out
> of his mouth whi le uttering accusations. Being a good
> citizen, I went and filed a complaint, but of course did not
> hold my breath...I knew that if I just spit on the fucker he
> would drown, hell...if I just spit twice in the Newport
> police department they will all drown...the report was filed
> ten minutes after it happened, but the useless pieces of shit
> probably left Dunkin Donuts half an hour later to look for
> him, but gave my son a good lesson how allegedly democracy
> works. Make ot of this whatever you want, but being the "big
> guy" literally and figuratively is verrrrry hard somethimes... Boris
>
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